Linux Mint

ATI Driver installation Mint 12

• update your system
• Disable ATI Driver from "Additional Drivers"
• Open synaptic package manager, open setting/repositories and select SOURCE CODE
• search for "kernel" and install (kernel-package,linux-source,linux-headers\linux-headers x64--for x64,(some may already be install)
• Open terminal and type:

  sudo apt-get install build-essential cdbs fakeroot dh-make debhelper debconf libstdc++6 dkms libqtgui4 wget execstack libelfg0 dh-modaliases

• reboot
• Download ATI driver http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.42&lang=English
• Open terminal cd to download directory and type:

  sudo sh ati-driver-installer-*.run

• install default installation,DONT generate Ubuntu 11.10 package!
• reboot when done!

to make sure its all good in terminal type:

  fglrxinfo

should return something like this:

• display: :0 screen: 0
• OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
• OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
• OpenGL version string: 4.1.11251 Compatibility Profile Context

Linux Mint 14 Driver Installation

To use a more updated version of the driver in Mint 14, proceed as follows:

• 1) Download the version of the Linux Driver that you wish from AMD
• 2) Make sure you remove any older driver

  sudo aptitude purge fglrx fglrx-amdcccle xserver-xorg-video-radeon

• 3) Modify execution permission for the AMD Driver Installer:

  chmod +x nameoftheinstaller.run

• 4) And run it with --buildpkg Ubuntu/quantal:

  sudo ./nameoftheinstaller.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/quantal

It will download any required files, build packages compatible with Mint, and all you'll need to do is install them by hand (using gdebi-gtk) or dpkg as follows;

  sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Reboot & Enjoy!

If you want to remove it, just do the same command as 1), but without xserver-xorg-video-radeon.

This works because Linux Mint 14 is based on Ubuntu quantal. Tested with stable and beta drivers from outside the repositories that wouldn't install properly using the standard install procedure.